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11,1 1 '''.• --,,-, // ,-11&_itt ',-, • ''-: = / /11=7•... v., .• • d i, . Ite a; eoiim o: eb t td, e re d b: b ii : lB : e House of Assembly 4 1 ' "' ng: z 2 B,,,, :frt—ccttoedr • (iro,,...s,,,,,tifftc,,,r—tims.i64. .: .. ir.LOYD'S.—The BUSINESS of LLOYD'S ::•..,. ....4,e. • . , , 4 I \p,,, ~-,, j„ I ALA is CARRIED ON in the GREAT HALL of the SOUTH •r#7 A. • ,', - r-- . -• , -;-.' , 7 et - 7AS ; l .-c, ..:,,,,-1 ~_''t _ J.N_ hiP SEA HOUSE, THREADNEEDLE-STREET. ~ , W4 ..... ..--.,:,-; ..,..4- , 1.--.--.--•-• v o- tc.:` 11.' e. , " Resolve on tl'e permanr.T. s. K"= - , r error admi. W"( . j : ‘•! London, 17th Jan. 1838. W. DOBSON, Secretary. (~.„) 4 ::', ~. ,- k.4„ -4 ') ' " cs s- t .. .! -- -. , rc ., H ----.jr ce .P--' f,- --- 1 - , --- ci ; , , s , p l ~.:.,.4, ; 4 , --; , , ' - k , ( - , 1,71.,. !t __--,... ,--, ..4i .4 _ ..—*., , r N, ~, ....a.--,...... 1 ;,.., i - 1 'L i f vernor, o p cm," i ale 7 •• l' • • . :.-- , ''. '— ' ' 4 , ANN 7- 0 , ' - . a- ' ,L /..• , c . 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Digance and Co., hatters (late Huntleys), 1, Bin hin-lane, W. Everett's newspaper-office, 8, Spread Eagle-court, Fincl.- lane, ditto. Widow Bashen and Son, hatters, 23, Birchin-lane. John Venn and Sons, notaries, 3, Castle-court, Birchin-lane. Ca el, Cuerton, and Cundys, stock-brokers, Pope's Head-alley. J. R. Durrant and Co., stock-brokers, 26, Change-alley. B. Su'tons, Sons, and Gribble, stockbrokers, Bank Coffeehouse. Geo. Palmer and Hope, stockbrokers, Bank Coffeehouse, first floor. S. Bithray, optician, 6, Spread Eagle-court, Finch-lane. J. Jcssop, boot-maker, 6, Spread Fagle-court. Holmes and Pottle's Newspaper Office, 18, Finch-Ia se. C. W. Hodges, tobacconist, 43, Threadneed!c-street. Effirgliam Wilson, publisher, 26, Birchin-lane. Henry Wilson, auctioneer and estate agent, John's Collellcuse. Fllicot and Smith, watchmakers, 27, Lombard-street. Jol n Leathwaite's, Newspaper Office, 1, Pope's Head Alley. Christopher Williamson, Watchmaker, 2.4, Cornhill. John Foster and Sons, Stock Brokers 2, Bartholomew-lane. Carter and B rom l ey, S tat i oners, 19,, South entrance, Exchange buildings. J. W. Greaves, Tobacconist, 18, B'shopg-a'e-street. Jas. Pawky, Map and Print-seller, 1, Ban':-buildinjs. Withers and Scorers, Notaries, 7, Nicholas-lane. Burness and Blight, Stationers, 56, Lombard-street. WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN " is NOW IN COB PORATED No. 14,149. I ILA 1 L lEN t4iN A._ NT LTA B I -- - 1 (11\flvfi-s bATF SDI r • , t .1 _ PRICE sd. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT _ Majesty's Nlinisterff, n - e of busin?ss, and, as knowing the', own business, have examined all the r apers they intended to lay bP!'ore the•ll-Juse, and tl at the: fours., there were no others tl an those which Lave en laid on tit , table. If my Noble nicnl oppcsi,e had not stated that hi extraordinary lacuna exists, at.d that Lord Gosford has not been supplied with the promised information, without which be could not act—and if an interval of four months has been allowed to elapse without any communication, all this passe my understanding. But this is not peculiar to that part of th, corre7pondence, but is a feature of the whOle. But as it would require me to go into the whole matt' r, which win conic before the Elouseon the Baron's (Glenclg's) motion_if wore to go over all the blanks which I could point cut, I s,al: not occupy the Huse at present ; but I would suggest to the Noble Lord tear me (Glenclg) that as the House of Commons is proceeding with the matter imme diately, we might go into it to-morrow. L"rd EL LENBOROUG fl asked if the Paper, to which he had alluded, could be laid before the House to morrow. tativ! , Const:tntion, you suitild at the same time have male a settlement ~ vit'+ respect to the Fn ;l and French laws th.lt you should have adapted only so much of the French laws es were necessary to pin vint .1 - 1.? French Canadians from acing d;squietcd i their possession., and that having so done Soil should- have made arrangements foe a Legislative Council an I a Representative House of As But that which might have been adodt: - 2d in that day was cut ti.e c , u se taken, and a law was passed on till) presum;kon, Oat the French w oo l ent'n-dy inhabit one pr.ivince, and the British settlers the other proi.iace of Cmada, Lower Canada being destined for the French Canadians, a- d U 1 per Canada being that province into which it etas expec ed that Btitivlr emi gration and enterprize would flow. Sir, at the same time, there was introduced jolt() each province an Assembly, consis.ing of th e r-p, esentatives cf the people, with rather a low rate of french's and a Legislative Council, to be formed partly of members ‘vitli hereditary titles, and . partly of members named for that purpose by the Governor. That I diink was not a just limitation. With reap , -ct to the House of Lords in England, we all know that every privilege m -y be liable to &buso et times, yet we all know there must be some distinc 4tion of eminence, cr same possession of large property to justify the Ministe: of the Croon iu prupo,ing to the Sevcreign to raise a C , mmoner to the House of Lords. In the Governor or Lower Canada that discr t:on could not be s i wisely placed —it was not so safe from abuse —persons could not be so early pointed out—the difference be t-r.-en one iodiv'dual mid another in that province, not be ing so great as exits in this country, to pro% ent the de.tinction bei,l conferred upon persons who were not entitled to it. But with respect to the House of Assembly. I think, Sir, that its Convitution was hardly well studied when we consider the great patter that was given to it, and when we consider the state of education at that time among the people to whom it was given. There can be no doubt that this Constitution was framed whether isely or no, and the criticisms that I have made upon it rii” be unroanded and injanlicious ; but that the Consti tion so frnmed was ' (riven with a vi ew , a sincere view, to enl. trge . the privileges an d provide fur the weif,ve of the people of Canada, ni one can doubt.—(hear, hear.) Nor eau there be any doubt that the intention of the Legislature of this country was not to draw any undue power to this coun try, but to provide ntainly and, in the first instance, for the welfare of the provinces of Canada. Sir, then think I may say that with respect to the Const' HOUSE OF LORDS, JAY. 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on ele woo' sack at five minutes past Five o'Clock. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from ti: _ _ iOIORTICULTUR AL EXHIBITION.- The ROYAL SOCIETY and CENTRAL SCHOOL of RTICULTURE and AGRICULTURE holds its FOURTH EXHIBITION of Plants, Flowers, Fruit, and Agricultural Pro duce on SATURDAY next, notwithstanding the probable inclement state of the weather, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, from One till Six o'Clock. The full Band of the Royal Horse Guards will attend. Admittance, ss. Tickets before the day, 2s. 6d. Lord GLENELG's reply was not heard k the gallery. Lord ABINGER made a row &nervations rolative to the terms of the Address, which did not reach us. IVEST OF ENGLAND FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE. Lord GLENELG said it was a General Address, ex pressing regret at the events which had occurred in Canada, and a determination of supporting the well affeete 1 in that country, without pledging Parliament to any a; probation • of the course which Government might hare pursued. Lord BROUGLIAII—Ti at is to say the same address pre sented by the two Houses of Parliament, in the month of March, 1775 —(Langhter.) Lord MELBOURNE—Not at all—quite dlffe;ent in every respect —( Continued laughter.) The Earl of RIPON said that Upper Canada appeared from the accounts in the public papers to be approaching to the same state as Lower Canada; but the papers produced by Gov.-rnment had no reference whatever to any thing that had talt , n place in that Province. It appeared that a Mr. M'Kenzie was enabled to get the temporary possession of the capital of Upper Cana la.—( Cries of No, no.") Well, the rsa,on why he had a chance of doing so was, that Sir F. Heed had, in compliance with orders received by Sir John Col borne, sent all the troops out of the Province of Upper Canada into the Lower Province. It appeared to him as the two Provinces were so connected together, that he was much surprised the Home had had no information on that subject, unless, indeed, it happened to be in the papers which had been present,dte-day. Instituted at Exeter, 1807. Among the Advantages offered to the public are a Share in the Profits, without liability of Partnership, a Reduced Scale of Rates, and Claims Liberally Settled. Office for London, 20, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. JAMES ANDERTON, Resident Manager. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL. The HALF-YEARLY DIVIDENDS, due the Ist of January, on the capital stock of the said Company, will be PAYABLE every day but Wednesdays and Thursdays after the 21st of January, from Ten to Four o'Clock, at the Company's Office as above. Parties who have not lodged their Scrip are particularly requested to do so without delay. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, - • Established in 1t323. The LOWEST RATES that entitle to a participation in profits. Three-fourths applied every fifth year in reduction of Premium, or increase of Sum assured. The Bonus at the last division averaged 16 per eene. en the Premium paid. Oliice, 34, Bridge-street, BlaTkfriars. JOHN KNOWLES, Resident Director. DIRECT LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. The Directors beg to call the particular attention of the Share holders in this undertaking to the above Notice from the Inecrpo rated London and Brighton Railway Company, dated Yesterday, the 9th Instant. By Order of the Directors, 11. DEAN, Secretary. • Lord GLENELG :aid, that upon the sub . Pet to wh:ch his Noble Fri.nd alluded, he Ind no offic'al accJur,t at all. The papers he had just now presented contained a correspon clencc betw. en Sir F. 11. al and S;r J. Colborne resp(cong the transfer of troops from the Upper Province to the L wer. He had no acecunt of the correspondence between Sir John Colborne and Lord Gnsford. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. The Marquis of LA NSD 0 WNE presented a petition firm a town in Wiltshire, praying for the immediate Emancipation of Slave Apprentices. The House then adjourned 'till Thur,day. 71, Lombard-street, Jan. 10, 1838. ____ T HE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL WAY COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 15th July, Mi". Notice is hereby given that the FIRST GENERAL MEET ING of this COMPANY, under the Act of Incorporation, will be held at the London Tavern, in the City of London, on Tit uraDAY, the 18th day of January instant. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. JOHN HARMAN, Chairman. London and Brighton Railway Office, 71, Lombard -street, London, Jan. 2, 1838. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JAN. The SPEAKER took the chair at a few a:lL:tees befure Fcur o'ClGck. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. JAMES, Mr. Cumocas, and Mr. C. RIPPGN t ok the 'oaths and their seats. The SPEAKER had to acquaint the House that H nry Gompertz and others who had petitioned against the return for the borough of Pontefract, had not catered into the necessary secur . ties. The order for taking the peti'ion into ronsithra. tion was then discharged. The R:ght Hon. Gentleman then ac quaintcd the House that John William Ellis. and others a In bad petitioned against the return for the borough of B ,drain, and Merewoather Turner, who Ind petitione l ago the return for the boroagh of Dudley, had not entered into the necessary recognizances. He had further t,) state that the Examiners had specially reported that cn Tuesday, the 26th of December last, being Ge last day or the uxt,nded time granted by the House for examining the sufficiency of the sureties, Francis Cox, one of the Examiners . , as prevented by serious illness from attendlng, and that the other Examiner sugg&sted that the bus . ness miAbt proceed if they adjourned to the house of Mr. Cox, which had been re fused. L ONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that at t.ll GENERAL and SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS of this COMPANY, all REGIS TERED PROPRIETORS of not exceeding Twenty Shares, are entitled to a VOTE for each such Share ; and all registered. Proprietors of more than Twenty Shares, are entitled to an addi tional Vote for every Five Shares beyond the number of Twenty such Shares; and that such votes may be given in person or by Froxy ; such p rox y b e i ng a registered Proprietor in this Comp:my. orms of Proxy may be obtained at this Office, and must be trans mitted to the Secretary, five days at least before the holding of any General Meeting. _ By order, THOMAS WOOD, Secretary. 71, Lombard-streot, Jan. 2, 1838. LONDON AND BRIGHTOMTTtmLw Ay COMPANY. Incorporated July 15, 1837. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Act of Parliament, those SHAREHOLDERS Only in the several Lines of Railway to Brighton, who applied to be REGISTERED as PRO PRIETORS' in this COMPANY, on or before the 231 h day of December last, and who have already, or shall before the 18th inst. have paid their proportion of the expenses incurred before the 13th of June, 1837, by the Committee, of their respective Lines, will be ENTITLED to VOTE at the GENERAL MEETING of this COMPANY to be held on the above day. Those persons who duly applied to be - Registered as Proprietors, but who do not desire to \ ote at the before-mentioned :fleeting, need not pay their proportion of the abet.° expenses until the 28th instant, when the time for payment will finally expire. By order of the Directors, THOS. WOOD, Secretary. London and Brighton Railway Office, 71 Lombard-street, Jan. 9, 1838: The order for taking the petitio t into conidcration Was then discharged. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up papers relative to Lower Canada, Ahich were laid on the tahle. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a retition from the Mayor and Aldermen of Tcnbv, praying fur leave to bring in a 13111 to provide fur the ereciion of a Court for the recovery of small debt 3 in that OAT. Referred to the Committee on Pt ivate Bills. Mr. G. F. YOUNG presented a petition from the Pust mast,rs and Stage Cowl] Proprietors of North Shields, praying. for the repeal of the Post Horse and Cairiage Duty. The H.)n. Member atio presented another pAition from the Shipownets and Met chants of Newcastle, Fr ying fur the repeal of the duty on Marine Insura:tces. CANADA. 6, WATERLOO-PLACE, CLERICAL, MEDICAL, SCHOLASTIC. EAST INDIA, COLONIAL and GENERAL AGENCY OFFICE. ADVERTISEMENTS received for town and country News papers, more than one hundred of which are regularly filed for public inspection. Business in the English and Foreign Funds transacted with fidelity and dispatch; the prices of which, and of Shares, are received from the city every hour. A great variety of Mining, Canal, Railway, Bank, and other Joint Stock property con stantly for sale and purchase. It is obvious that an office, combining an extensive town and country connection, must afford opportunities for effecting sales or purchases of Shares, &c., highly advantageous to the owner ; all information being willingly communicated to the public gratuitously. Ladies having transfers to make at the Bank will be attended by a clerk. Persons in the country, desirous of transmitting Bonds or other property of ♦alue, will be referred to onr bankers. Waterloo-place, Jan. 6, 1835. W. THOMPSON and CO. • IIUME presented a petition, signed by 500 of the Members of the l3rentford Political Union, praying for redress to C nada. The pc itioners looked with abhorrence upon war, more esprciallv with their fellow-subjects in Canada. Mr. HUME alic; presented QnAher petition from (we be lieve) Newhaven, in Edinburghshire, to the same eff,Tt. The petitioners said that war was at all times to be deplored ; but a civil <<6r, which was at the same time unjust on the part of the Government, was to be abhorred. The petitioners humbly and c:rnestly prayed the House tc address her Majesty for the suppression of the present war in Canada. FACTORY BILL. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from a place in YorkQiire, praying for an alteration of the present Pactuiy Laws, and the restriction of the lab ,urs of all persans from nine to eghtecn years of age to nine hours a-day. WINDO W TAX AND DUTY ON POST-HORSES. Lord DALMENY presented a petition from Sti,ling praying for a repeal of die Window Tax. Mr. DI VETT presented a petition from the innkeepers of the Western Counties, Corawall, Devon, &c_, signed by 1,500 persons, praying for a repeal of th..e duty on Post horses • also the Window Tax, aid the tax upon tav?rn-keepers servants. On the motion of Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL the Allton Improvement Pill was read a second time, and re ferred to the Kent C,mmittee MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition from the Lord Provost and Council of the city of Ed:n burgh, complaining that ms:.dical practith-mers, will had been educated in the Scotch Universities, could not practise in this country till they had been examined by the Eo.:don Apothecaries' Company, and even then they were compelled to submit to cer.ain regulations at variance with the course of education which they had ori4inally fol lower?. The Hon and Learned Gentlerna.i said hi thought the House would consider this a grievance that o'tght to be redresed. THE NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION. Cln 3 vols., post Bro., price 215., of AP T. MA E. Y A 'I" S NE WTON - FORSTER. IS NOW READY. And m a y b e h a d o f all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. AIR. AIONTAGU GORE'S NEW PAMPHLET. Now ready, OBSERVATIONS on the DISTURBANCES in CANADA. By MONTAGU GORE, Esq. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. This day was published, THE EDINBURGH No. CXXXIV, 'CONT ENTS. 1 . THE HON. and REV. W. HERBERT'S ATTILA, an Epic Pactn. 2 . CHURCH REVENUES and CHURCH RATES. 3 . LAIRD and OLDFIELD'S EXPEDITION into the INTERIOR of AFRICA. t POLICE of the METROPOLV;. 5 . DR. - PUSEY'S SERMON on the FIFTH of NOV ~ . MnErt. SRENE'S ORIGIN and HISTORY of the SCOTTISH HIGH LANDERS. 7 . THE EDUCATION BILL. IL LORD MULGRAVE'S SPEECH on 01.2 STATE of IRELAND. 9 . TESTS and TOLERATION. 10. SI R PALGRAVE' TRUTHS and FICTIONS of the MIDDLE AGES. IL THE' NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM. Lone ; Longman and Co. Edinburgh ;A. and C. Black. 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Solomon and Mr. Weston—at low rents—togethor 4 d. per annum. ' Two cf the hnuses have front shops ; tr t , 4l . t e es,tate occupies a large plot of gronad at tlio northern ex- I , Y this leading street. Ta, ° .. e viewed till the sale ; and particulars had of Mr. G. T. 444, Mr. solicitor, Featherstono-buildingo ; at the Auction Mart; of Bullock, Holborn. Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of the borough of Cu par, in Fifeshire, praying their Lordships to adopt an uniforn rate of postage. The NOBLE DUKE presented a petition from the Magistrates and Council of Crail to the same effect. The NOBLE DUKE likewise presented a petition from the Landowners and Justices of the peace of Aherleen, praying their Lordships to make some alteration in the Standing Or ders of the House, in reference to the Railway Bills. AFFAIRS OF CANADA, Lord GLENELG laid on the table papers relating to the affairs of Canada. These papers were a sequel to those which ha( been presented to the House about three weeks since. He should have been very much disposed, in laying these pencil on the table, as far as his own wishes were concerned, to have entered upon the subject this evening to which they re ferred. He was aware, however, that in doing so there woad,: be some informality, as the more regular course would be t , give notice of the subject to be brought under the considera tion of the House. He was quite ready at this moment to enter into the question ; but the consideration of the informality of doing so induced him to submit to the judgment of the House, whether be should do so or whether he should take the usual course of giving notice 'that he would do so on an early day. If it should be the opinion isf the House that he should not enter into the sulject at resent, he should beg to give notice that on Thursday next he would move an address to her Majesty on the affairs of Canada. Lord BROUGHAM said, that having been one of her Majesty's Ministers at the tine the measures were passed in this country, which had giv en r i se t o t h e un f ortunate c i rcumstances hich had taken place in Canada, he would not hesitate to express his opinion very decidedly to his Noble Frierd, that the most convenient course for him to take would be to give ;notice of his intention to bring the subject forward, and then ito call on the House•to agree to any measure he might deem lit necessary to propose at the earliest possible opportunity. This would be the fairest way of proceeding both towards her Majesty's i Ministers a n d t o a ll p art i es concerne d . es • ord MELBOURNE wished to explain the reason why e was rather disposed to have adopted a different course. His Noble Friend in the other House had given distinct notice that on this day he should call the attention of the House to this sub- pct. He (Lord Melbourne) had said it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to call the attention of their Lordships to the subject ; but he had not given notice that this subject should be moved to-day, nor moved that their Lordships should be summoned. He, therefore, did not feel that it would be quite regular to enter upon the subject at present, but again he had thought it inconvenient, and scarcely fair to their Lordships, thrt a statement should be made in the other House on this subject to-day, and no statement made in their Lordships' House on it. It was thus, out of respect to their Lordship., that he had suggested to his Noble Friend the propriety of making a general statement to their Lord ships of the course intended to be pursued. He however, felt that the course now proposed was the most proper and con venient, therefore, he should wish his Noble Friend to give his notice of motion for Thursday next. Lord BROUGHAM explained that he by no means in tended to censure the course which had been taken by the Go vernment. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he should like to know what was the nature of the proceedings which would be recommended by the Government at the next meeting of that House-4 Hear.) He had a very strong opinion on this subject. It was his opinion that to propose an Address from this and the other House of Parliament, in the first in stance, was not the regular course. He theueht that, hostilities having already lawn commenced, the origin of the proceedings in Parliament ought to be a Mess age from her Majesty, and in answer to that Message, an Address from that and the other House might properly be recommended. My Lords, (continued the Noble Duke,) I am the more anxious upon this point, because I consider that iu e: der to put to a speedy termination to the present unhappy di-putes in Canada, her Majesty's Ministers should speak out • that Parliament and the Country ought to understand on what ground her Majesty's Government intend to stand on this question : and the sooner that is clearly understood the better—and the more speedy will be the termination of these unfortunate discussions. I have no doubt, my Lords, that ere long the Government will be under the necessity of calling upon Par liament to support her Majesty in these transac tions ; and I hope they will call upon Parliament to do so in such a manner, as that Parliament will be en• abled to pledge themselves so to support her Majesty, and that preparations will be made for bringing these disputes to an end, as soon as the season opens.—( Hear, hear.) My Lords, if this be the case, I shall be ready to give my support to her Majesty's Ministers on this question, and to persuade others to follow such a course. My Lords, I entreat her Majesty's Ministers not to forget that a great coun try like this can have no such thing as a little war ; that if they do enter upon these operations, they must do it upon such a scale, and in such a manner, and with such a determination as to the final object, as to make it quite certain that these operations will succeed, and at the earliest possible period. The question which I have to ask the Noble Lord is, what specific motion he proposes to make ? And I have also to ex press my opinion, that the course to which I have alluded should have been adopted before this. Lord MELBOURNE—I certainly agree with the Noble Duke as to the general principles which he has stated.— (Hear.) I agree with him that her Majesty's Ministers ought to be explicit, and also I agree with him that the preparations which may be made for putting an end to the present state of things ought to be on such a scale as should bring the war to a speedy conclusion. It might, indeed, have been the more usual course to have proceeded, in the first instance, by bringing down a Message from the Throne—(Hear, hear)—but in effect the papers which had been laid en the table were the Message from the Throne, and there would be inconvenience in bringing down a Message from the Throne, when the princi pal matter which would occupy the Message was already before the House. The Noble Duke ( Wellington) says that he hopes her Majesty's Ministers will speak out on the present occasion—( Hear, hear)—and, undoubtedly, they will speak out. My Lords, lam willing to admit that a Message from the ,Throne, in the first instance, might have given greater solemnity and weight to our proceedings on this occasion ; but now there would be a difficulty in adopting that course. But I trust that in the course which we have adopted there will be an opportunity for her Majesty's Ministers and both Houses of Parliament to adopt such a tone as will make it apparent to the world that this country—with all due re gard to the rights of others—will ever be determined and prepared to uphold its station and dignity amongst the nations of the earth.—( Cheers.) Lord ELLENBOROUGH, after a few words which were inaudible, proceeded to say—l trust that the Noble Baron opposite ( Lord Glenelg) will give the explanation which the Noble Duke near me has called for. If the Mes sage were to come from the Throne, it would be in any case accompanied with the papers which have been laid before the House, and which the Noble Viscount deems tantamount to the Message itself.—( Hear.) But in fact they are not so. They are imperfect and unsatisfactory; they do not show at what time the war commenced,' although that information must have been received —( Hear, hear.) I trust that the Noble Baron will distinctly inform the House what the terms of the Address which he m ems to propose will be. For my part, I must say at once, that I will not agree to any Address which may pledge the [louse to approve of the course which her Majesty's Government has pursued in this matter, as it appears from the correspendence which has been l:.id before us- 7 ( Hear, hoar, hear.) With respect to the cerrespoedence itself, I must say that it is defective, and that there are papers which are omitted from the return of which the House ought to be in possession. The Noble Baron talks of these papers as being the sequel of the corres pondence. Now will he hare the goodness to tell us when the despatches from Lord Gosford were received.—(flear, hear, hear,) I never before heard of a case in which papers were laid before the House, and the date of the writing was given, but not the date of the receipt. There was no understanding the natnre of the case. There is a letter from the Noble Barer, ( Lord Glenelg) to Lord Gosford, in which he says, " I shall shortly have to address you fully on the course of proceeding which you will be instructed to adopt if those proceedings in the Colons , continue to go on." Now, any Lords, I can find no despatch from the Noble Baron to Leid Gosford, after this one of the 20th of November, 1 Sn 6, until tls,t which is dated the 11th March. and in which the Noble Baron informs Lord Gosford that he is unable at present to enter into an explana tion of the reasons which guided the Government in the course which they were prepared to adopt in Lower Canada; and the despatch goes on to say," I think it incum bent on me to tell you what occ urre d i n the House o f Com mons." Now,. my Lords, thi s was just no more than Lord Gosford wculd know as well f rom the newspapers.—(Hear.) But I can find no letter between these two dates in Marcia and November; and on the %hole I must ask how is it tuat they acre considered the most important, when they by no means furnish the House with a full explanation of the inten tions of the Government ? Lori G L ENE LG, who was very imperfectly heard, was understood to sty, that %Olen he laid befcre the House the papers referred to by the N o bl e L or d (Ellenhotough) he intended • nit!) the dispat c h es rece i ve d since. t t l il i l e , in ct u Ae but t dates t o which the Noble Lord tr i l l d e e ( d u to not follow r • ee referred, until they were menti.pied just now; but he would attend to the sw,!gestion, ar.d would lay before the House whatever dispatches had been received between NovernL-r and March ; hat it vvr.s his opinion at present that all the papers were beftre the H.)use. Lord VESCI, who was almo3t inaudi'ile in the Gallery, was und,rstood to support the suqg,estions of Lord Ellen borough, and to con•end that there must have been a distr.tch in the interval before alluded to, which had not been laid before the llouse. Lord BROUGHAM—My Lards, I apprehend that Ler LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from seventy nine licensed victuallers of the borough of Brighton, praying that leave be given to (Captain P.) to b. ing in the Bill to amend the laws relating to licensed victuallers, of which he gave notice on the 24th of November, 1637. The petition was ordered to lie on the tab!e. SHERIFFS' COURTS BILL. Captai.l PECHELL said that he hid some tin! ago put a question to the Hon. and Learned Att orne y -G enera l, w h et h er there w,s any chance of the Law °dims of the Crown intro ducing, a Bill relative t.) the Sheriffs Courts, which the Hon. a , d Learned Gentleman had given him reason to suppose the Lord Chancellor had under his c: nsidrration, and had IA him to believe he should hear something of on the first day of the meetinz of Pa.liament ? The A was authorised by the Lord Chancellor to state, that his Lordship wan engaged Wilt the I,,nned Judges in prep.,ring the Bill to i% 11 ( - .:11 the Hent„ a:id Gallant Member ref,rred, for extending the prisdictien Sheriff.; to all actions whatsoever, un d er 50/. Il e believed that that Bill would contain further enactments for the esta blishment of Courts I r the recovery of Small Debts—( Hear, hear)—and Idtrwise to ass:st the Sheriffs and Magistrates in the administration of Ciiminal Justice at Quarter Sessions. HAND-LOOM WEAVERS. Mr. 'WILLIAMS begged to ask the No'„le Lord, the Seer,:tary fur the [lonic Department, ..vhether the Coal missioners appointed by the Crown to inquire into the dis tressed condition of the hand loom weavers would prosecute their inquiry by visiting the manufacturing districts theinsciveg or by deputies? Ile had been induced to ask that question. because a strcog feeling existed among that class of persons, in conse quence of reports havi,z gone abroad, that it was intended to conduct the inquiry by means of deputies. He understood from numerous parths connected with the Iminufalt ut jog dis tricts that that mode of inquiry would not give satisfaction, as no responsibility would be attached to a r,port which wouid ht.ve been male on hearsay. L ,I(.1 JOHN RUSSELL, in answer to the Hon. Mom ber's question, had to state that it was Vie intontiun of the Commissioners to con !net their inquiries in the manufacturing districts through Assistant-Commissioners ; that th e se As sistaats had been alt Cady appointed, and it was intended that the Lquiry should rr.ATed in a manner similar to that which hal b. en adopted with respect to the operation of the Poonlaws. The arrangement would be so far sat sfactorv, that it w; uld enable tie Commissioners to go fully into the subject. AN Hos. MEMBER vished to know whether the chain:l-y va , t , he extended to the whole of Erighmd ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL w,.s understood to say that it was intended to be extended. DUDLEY PETITION. M3LIONI3 wished to call the atteation of the Hon to the case of the Duiley petition. It woull be i i the recol lection of tl.e Howe, that a genti emaa named Turner apP l e d to eulerge th e t i me f or putt i ng i n the recognizanees. .. was given the 26th Dce., and this' uv - ening the 0•c1.. , r wa 3 discharged altogether. Oa the 26th December the petitioner .kiIISTAMM•III=II was prepared daily to enter into his recognizances, and he came town to the lions with his Is it aess ts, to go before the Eel inirers appoirand b the Speaker; but one of the Examlocrs, Mr. Cux, :yes preveated by ilioess from attending, but Mr. lifekmaa, the Clerk of the House, being the other'Exarnin,r, examine d the witnesses of the patitioner, with the intention that all 1 arties should afterwards proceed to the hods, of Mr. Cox, in order to read over the examination to him, yud to afford him al opportunity of signing the certificate of the two Ex miners, which the Act rropeirfd should he reported by the S. eakier, and road t, the Howie. This was objected o by the odponents to the petition, and the day was passed over witho it the examination being carmit te —( Hear. ) Now the Act of Parliament said that the time sh old enlarged oaly once. Now, this petiti m had been enlarged dready once, and the petitioner had do he aq in his power to com ply with the orders of the llon:e, an I was only prevented by she illness of the ofliaer appointed by the Speaker: Surely lie House would rot allow the petitioner to be injured by an occurrence ever which he had no contronl, and which, if it '.sere any fault, was the fault of the officer of the House. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the order be discharged. Mr. W YNN suggested that tie lion. Member should give ;,mice of his motion. It was proper that a petition should he presented stating the facts, which might be verified by wit nesses at the bar. Mr AGLIONBY said wish the permission of the House he would withdraw the motion, anti give notice for to-morrow. In the meantime he would examine the precedents. and unless he found that there was •rtood ground f or ma ki ng t h e mot i on, he would not bring th e subject r forward. • AFFAIRS OF CANADA. Lord J. RUSSELL said—l rise, Sir, in pursoance of the pro mise which I made to the use to bring under its conaideretion at the earliest possible opportunity, the affairs of Canada. Sir, in proportion to the satisfaction which I feel whenever it falls to my lot to be the organ of proposing to this house any additi.n to th e f ranc hi se or freedom of our fellow-subjects, or any improvement in the laws, by which our fellow suhj 'eta may obtain justice, is the pain which I feel at being obliged to bring forward measures of an opposite nature, with respect to a part of her Majesty's dominoes, in which the hor rors and misfortunes of civil war are now prevailing, and to ask the House to suspend, dthough only fora time, the Cons' itutional privileges of that part of her Majesty's dominions. But. Sir, I fed that although I may approach the former subject with satisfaction, and with sorrow the latter,still I feel I would not be discharging my duty if I were longer to delay to ask this House fur those powers necessary to maintain the authority of her Majesty in the Province of Lower Canada. I feel that even on the scare of humanity, that instead of preventing bloodshed, it would be only giving the signal cf civil war to ohey the advice which ban been given, to with draw the troops, and to relinquish the authority of her Majesty in the Province of Lower Canada. ( Hear.) W,th those feelings, therefore, it will be my duty to propose to this House, in the first place, an Address to the Crown, stating the concern with which this House has heard of the disturbances and revolt in a part of Lower Canada, and pledg ing this House to assist her Majesty in her anus to restore t oraquillity, and afford protection to her loyal sub jects. I slain ask in the next place for leave to bring in a tut Bill, by which tire coifing of any Assembly in that Province shall susperlei!, and be certain means which I still then state to the livuse. An authority shall be created sufficient to meet the emergencies of the present time, and provide for the skfe government rd' the Province. Sir, in bringing this sub ject before the House, I feel that I could not obtain the as sent of this House to the propositions which I have now to make, unless I were to refute two propositions which have been most confidently put forward. The first is, that the cause of this country as respects Lower r Canada is unjust ; and the other is tint what, ver the justice ;of the case may be, it i expedient to withdraw our troops ',Gem that Province, and make an early separation betweam uhe two country s. Sir, in debatiog the first ut those .propositions, it will be necessary for me to arraign in ,nmny respects the conduct of the Assembly of that iPrnv;nce. I am smodble how iris - lions a task it will iseecri in this place, and at a distance, to arraign the conduct of ;the Assembl y ; but unless I do so. I should no t make out the ea'ti which I wish to establish—that the case which has b-cri i#et up by that Assembly is unjust, an 1 that cur conduct ,towards that coon7ry has keen founded in justice : also that the course which NT , took last year was one forced urn its by necessity ; and further that we shall be perfectly justified in proceeding to suspend the Constitution of the P.ovince, under the present circumstances. I shall be obliged to arraign the conduct of the As - embly ; but at the same time I wish with resp..et to anything I may have to state, as well as with respect to the course of po,icy which I may have to pursue, that the conduct of the Parliament and the conduct of the Government shall not be chargeable with the vice of intemperance, In au iedividual ieternpertime might be joined with tit! best feelings of the heart ; but in a Government there can he no kind of vice of a deeper grain. Ia a despotic Government intemperance becomes tyranny, while in the govcrnneent of a free country ietern ie uponan y th e t passions ass ions suppression P of c s only the . n h i nsti t ascribabletron confusion, Sir, in order to consider the.conduct of the Assembly of L ower Caoada. we must first look at the n a t ure V the Government stablislool by this country for th e government o f t h at P rov i nce. The power of this country over Canadaodep nds on the Treaty of Race of 17r12. Soon after th at T r aey. a P roc l amat i on inecAl act: i t t ' n rid g. fi was it - surd with respect to the mode of Government, but ' iu fact, fir some time English courts, pursuing the me th,ols, and regulating theraselrcs by the decisions, of English Courts, took place in the Province, and a^earding to a Report made by General -Murray, who succeeded to the Government of the Province in consequence of the death of General Wolfe, meat; hardships and grievances were suffered by the French Canadians, in consequence of oppressions in the mode of administration. ; but, Sir, whatever those might be, a remedy „- an a oplied to them by the Act of Parliament of 1774. Sir, I conceive that nese:. Oil any country give a stronger proof of its wishes to act according to the wishes, habit?, and prejodices of the nation titan this county dUi by the Act of 1774 ; for the sett ernent of that Act was, that: the Roman Catholic re!i.;:ion should he established in Canada ; that the Clergy of that persuasion should continue to receive tithes and ether dues of the Church Establishment ; and, in the second place, that the French law; in respect to proaerty, with the excep tion o f the Criminal Law, should be allowed to govern that coutery. Now, Sin, with respect to th e former of those pro ,q,jans, there was nothing at that time which could be less f a vourtd by Parli ament than the Roman Catholic In Ireland the severity of the penal laws had been scarcely events, ext reme l y i ncoosiderablc. With respect to diminished, and Viediminished, offices held by R o ma n C a th o li cs were at all the laws regarding property, nothing could be more adverse • to t h e opinions of this country than the feudal tenure which prevailed in Catrada.—( Lou! cries of " Hear, hear.") With regar d to feudal tenure, it ha I been one of the greatest efforts ma d e by the Parliameut of this country to wipe Off what Black stone called7` The Slavery of those feudal tenures."—( Hear.) and the same author whom I Lase quoted, compares That was accomplished i n t h e b eg i nn i ng of the reign of Charles the talcdi:lnne; •away with th at s l avery, a . equal to. if not of greater importance, than the habeas Corpus Act itself. Sir, tenures were consibred, and ceriaialy were rightlr c. us ideted, to he of slavish origin —( Haar, hear, heta... r ) Sir in adopting the French law in thin res;omt, the English parl i ant ,. o t was a party to a spacies of law which was foreign to the genius of the Constitution, to whieh the British people were naturally avers:', ann to which the British settlers in that cow,try wou'd feel the strongest objection. Bee: the reason wily it was adopted, was the same reason why Ilse Roman Cnthohc religion was established. It way coneeived, and I gel ewe truly, nndrer.,a to ieto be a la the v‘ wi which Fthecfsma thers c r o r n e g n r c .n b ir c l ,: t n o the ad ian l s iab a i: i s (i therefore it haas left es a part of VT Constitution of that eiiuntr. Sir, this Cr - institution lasted until the year 1791. At that time a new Coastitution was reqnested ; and. I must say, that in ImArieg back to the ecents of that pnriod—on louk hrlg to the enactments of that law, w ith the light which expe rience ban given us—that I think we art ntitled to rl c i t reyo u tlo f , rh irl s rai say, that that law was not very well formed smith a pros ops enoey:initaart:t:hn with t t le . s o u n ur e t n i g i t t ra u lr a : ;L t . e ,() , Fib : a ;ra re . i c,o prospecth,!r ti eiolnef neineraoy a policy of great inconsistency. It has been diffe neat with resp: ct to different sorts of colonies. With regard to some where there was a British populAtion, where the British laws were ietrodoced, whe e British feelings were predominant, there the British Constitution has been intro dueed, no fir as it waS adapted to the difference of society in the mother c ountry and the colony, and by such laws and Consti tution the p eop l e w,. re rllowed to regulate their internal po tiey- There h as b een ia our colonial s ations in which thi a authority was lef:, as it had formerly been under fo adzn da_ triuion, a lower of the Governer aryl Council in are desp in its nature, without the form of a rtal Constitution ; hut at the sante time the people of there colonies had had what was congenial to their habits, in the laws of Danish, F rench, or Dutch origie, or whatever it might be, under which the colony hid been founded, and by sm its concerns had la en formerly • regu lated. Sir. I think in loeltin IT back t .It.! bow fi!s of cape/d -i:aye 1 ) - eaca, th what was proposed tc) Mr. Fox at that tine wlaid en conson rut whim the principle upon which the co'onies " e r° fo"nded, and wou'd have given a better prospect of tran quillity. Mr. Fox maintained that it was not wises to sepal- tte the P , e , vinec s of Lipper and Lover Canada, but tlatt it would be a better course to adrn't a fail influx of British coloths,s into those Provinces, to e ndervour to introduce eradually the spirit of the .Beitish law. mot to allow the en . ides gover,,el law to have mists who s as nearly as possible adapted to the British Constitetiow, having. es lio , ! igla o f istoeracy. Si. it may doulitcd whether it would have been sufficient at that time I t ire left it mere'y co the gr vival operation of cu stem, ami the irdlas of cm'era to hav,introduced the provisions of the British law. I erV,l that it aop.ars to me that the wise course at that time would have been—if you are dete , suined to change the G teenier and Council into a R. yea s-ntative Constitution e-if you found that the more despotic authority wldeh had hitherto I subsisted tens not suflicient for the tsar ha e atel conteatmeot or the province—thet then, chile you introduced your Represen- orlon bath of 1775 and 1791, this ciunt-y was not tt, oppres , or.—( Cheers.) Sir, I do nst wish to state this for the purpose of making any debtor or creditor accounts between Great Britain and Canada as to benefits given or received ; still less do I wish to impute any charge of ingratitude to the people of that country. I am happy to say while legis lation was carried on with kindness towards Canada, they had conducted themselves in a must praiseworthy man ner ; and on the two great occasions of the war which ended in the independence of Anteriea and in the war with Prance, the Canadians came fury and w ith loyalty and zeal to show their affection fenthis country. —( Chee s ) But, Sir, the Constitution so formed did co itaia within itself the seeds of difficulty, bet for some time those difficulties were not ff. It. la 1810, there was some violence on the put of the Canadians and the Assembly of Canada, but the di _sen sions ueon which much of what subsequently took place turned began in 1818. It had for some time been the prac t:ce in Canada to vote away certain sums fur the maintenance of the Government and what eth e r m one y was required was g:ven by the votes of the House. The Assem. bly of Canada hal asked that all the supplies should be voted by them, and a petition to that effect had been presented ; that petition was rejected at the time, but was afterwards adopted end made a proposition by the As. sernbly ; but %shen the Duke of Richmond was there a new mode of voting supplies was propos e d, en d t h e y were a f ter . wards given by what were called Chapters. Soon after wards Lord Dalliouse trade a permanent grant, and this led to great emffusian in the House of Assembly, who insisted that they had the right only to give the supplies. However, Sir, these divaensions led to new &bites, and after a certain time Mr. fluskiasen, who was then Colonial Secre tary, thought fit to bring the questions then at issue under the consideration of Parliament, and to propose a Committee of this House. Now, She before I state the report of the Curnmitt et, I wish to call the attention of the House to the instructions which were given by Sir George Murray, subs 'quently Secretary of State, before the Report of the Committee had been taken into consideration. I wish to quote them for the purpose of showing thet the policy cf the day—the policy which has actuated the Government ever since, was a policy of forbearance and mode ation—a policy which e. in .ed a desire to consult the interes's, and to met the wishes of the Assembly of Lower Canada, as well as of the people of that Province. Sir George Murray found that there were certain duties imposed by an Act of the Imperial Parlirm-nt, in lieu of certain other duti^s, to be rp r died to the public s nice of Lower Canada. He according! ) instructed J. Kempf in what manner these duties lVei.o to be applie•l. The Noble Lord then read the folio vin extract f, um Sir George Marra) instructions to Sir James Kempt, 2911 Sept., 1828. • 'Ph, proceeds of the above-mentioned duties ant of the ter itorial revenue of the Crown, with the produce of fines, forfeitures, and other incidents of that 'aute, appear to constitute, however, the wily fund which Li; Majesty's g vernment c-n lawfully apply, at its discretion t ) the defray inot, the expenses of the civil government and those of the administration of justice in the Peoviace. It is, tlorefure, to be nude; stood for the future, as a fixed and unalterable principle, that with the exception of the funds already mentioned, no part of the revenue of Lowe.- Canada, must be applied to the public service, nor to tiny object whatever, except in pursuance of an net of appropriation pass d by the three branches of the local Legislature. I am by no means insensible to the consepeares which must necessarily result from the recognition and the observance of this pi ineiple. So long as the Assembly is ceed upon to provide for and to regttlete any I'm-lion of the public expendi ture it iv 11 virtually acquire a control over the whole. If the entire charge of the Civil Government of the provi ice could b., limited to the amount of the Crown revenues, it might be possible to act v.ithout a!y dep, , ndeac,a on the Assembly. But whether such a result would be desirable, or would be really conducive to the welfare of ,he Picaince at large, it is unnecessary fir me to Ic is sufficient to say that, under the exerting law, the Ex• cutive Govern ment of Lower Canada cannot be relieved from a state of virtual pecuniary dependenc e upon the As sembly, by any constitutional means ; and method: of a different nature must not be resorted to." This instruc tion clearly shows that Sir George Murray meant to bind himself and the Government to which he belonged to a precise and exact observance of the Cons.itution. I next come to call,the attention of the House to the course adopted by the Committee of 1823. Th;s Committee made a report containing many valuable suggestiona, aid which was spoken of in an address of the House of A :set:ably o the 21st of Novemcer, 1828, in the following ten! s: —The Noble Lord then read the following extract from an addre,-s of the Assem bly of Loser Canada t i Sir James Kempt, in answer to the speech wilt which he opened the session of the Provincial Parl:ament on the 21st of Nc.veather, 1828 : " As soon as the inhabitants of Lower Ctu.aila made known to the Kiog zlie suff rings of the country, a d suzge,,t,,d the remedy foe those evils—es soar, as their imaible pe!itiors were laid at the foot of th e thr.mc—the Sovereign, e er inclined to w..r,'s constantly faithful sahjects, positively :.rlered that th,s•s i. n,tii,ns should be forthwith submit:e I to the supreme, tribunal of the empire. The cherges in I wall. tounded com plaints of the Canadians, before that :ingest Sen tie, were re fem:d to a Committee of the House of Comm ins, indic,t--d by the Celonial Mieieter ; that Committee exhibiting a s.rik ing combinatio t of talent and patriotism, an;tieg a general knowledge of public and c.ansti:utional law to a ya,tietnar cc-, quaintmee wiih the state of both the Ca odes, fermally ap. pleuded almost all the reforms v.hich Can hair p:uple and their representatives demanded, and sti 1 kr:T:oly demote!. After s de= investigatioe, after deep and i roilonged delibe ration, the Committee made a Rep.ire—an impei is' able morm meat of their justice and profound wisd an--an autheune testimonial of the reality of our grievanc. s, aid of the justice of your complaints, faithfully inen-pretlng our wish. s and our wants." Now, Sir, one would have sal'p.ised, when the Calla lien A.sombly spoke in such tc,ms of this document and eu'og:zed it as " an imperishable menum,ni of justice aid profound isdorn," they would have gieen tie Legis- Leure credit fur aaanxiotv to perform, and rn , ;r , , than Int-form, all that was a bed for in the Report of the Committee, and that some degree of sati facti,n and co-diality would hs.ve been expre,sed by them in return. So la: f; om this being the fact. I cm sorry to say, that at length the As ,,crr,lt, adopted a tone of the bitterest hostili:y and enmity. If any one wishes to go through the various particulars of the occasion; on which the Guvernmetit attempted to, comply with the suggestions of the Report of that Committee, I will refer blot to the minutes drawn up by Lord Aberdeen, liirh were intended for the guidance of Lord .kmlicrst t the tittle it wa; iLtinded that be timuld go o .t. Iu in now refer to three or four of thnse miaates, is which are cowaioed the princhal of the grievances complained of by the Ilmse of As;eu bly. It uas stated by the Commltee that they were or opitiim that the revenues e,:joyt d r the Act of 17;8 should be given up t, the Assembly, but at the same time they were of opini in tint the Judg,-s should n.) lonacr ho'd their ollices at will, cr'even g, of beitviour, but that they tdiould he appointed Ter life and ray', red independent. b this there was much good sense, but there acoie a circum stance Lfzer v.la c a sbcwei the necessity f it— ekcurrstance which will s.rircely g io;u trodit in this country. A certain Judge wds bard to expre , s an ophdo, why , rse to some of the notions 0! ttiC, A , scm;ily a short tine hi fore be rec. iv, d his appoiritinent a .IwL..,c, uid it he beli,ved th it the Assembly jii 6 el it decent and proper t the s .lary ot* the Juflke after his wy“ii,tinet.t to the Botch, and that merely b..seause of the opinions to which he had given utterance ? When th opitnon of the 'Committee was stated is Canada in 1828, the Iloas.c of Assembly allowed that the demand was rcas nab'e, and th , y agreed that the Governor should be al lowed to pay th jurl4es without any appeal to the A:;sombly, in order to secure the in ;ependence of the Judges —(Tue Neble Lord then read the bllowing extract from res•-dutions " Resolved—That amongst Vies •gm n rot p rtical it iy mentioned on the present o casheo this (louse hold. its 'most desirable to be admitied, n 1 ea sst evs.ed'al to the te rite peace, welfare, and good Cov-ram sit or the prot i :cc, the independence of the *lodges, and their rem .V •I froa: the political business of the erotince ; the resp-ns blity: and accountability of public officers ; a greater Were n . C!,Ce of support from the public rev ~ n u^s, zed more intima - e consee tion with the interests of the colony in the com cs:tiOa of the Legislative Council; the tpplleatien of the late p-en rty of the Jesuits to the purposes of general eduction; the,e moral of all obstructions to the settlement of the cuu; try, part'cularly by crown and cleagy reserves remai sing unoc cupied in the neighbourhood of Roode end SettLasaite a and exempt from the common buiderS; and a diligent iequiry into, and a ready redress of all g,rievanees'end a'n's•s which may be found to exist, or which may have been petitio , ed against by the subj 'etc in this province, thereby assering to all the invaluable benefit of an impartial, aoncillat e ry, ar.d constitutional government, and restoring a Well found. d and reciprocal confidence between the goy errors and the governed. "—( Herr, hear.) Now, alr, I will evert in some di grec to what has been done, iri ord:r to remedy these particular grievaeees. With respect to the inde. pendenee of the Judges Lord Goderich fully concur ed in'the reasonableness of the recommendation, and he sug,gate 1 some improvements fee the consideration of the Hors of -As sembly. But what was the conduct of the House of A sembly upon that occasion ? They passed a Bill in accordance with the recommendation, but to that Bill they tacked other provi sions respec ing the Civil Government, and spot iatisg a Court for the im ee T c l imeot o f the Judges.—(Heae hea- ) New, S'r, this was the manner of treatirg a p• op ;sal of this nature, ah:ch raised a grave suspicion that the Oh. ject they wished was net that for which they had asked. Simply and by itself this Bill was a positive good, and The tacking of other provisions to it which multi not be agreed to was a proof that they did not wish to rid themselves of the grievances of which they complained. Sir, I knoW that ie former times, when the Crown asked from this House for other provisions than had been formally made, other pro visions w e re in c l u d e d i n t h e Bill ; b ut I have. never heard that ashen a Bill solely for. the benefit - "of tha.subject, and. Ira compliance with the wishes of the House. I have never, Sir, heard ofits being clogged with other provisions than those which it contained in consequence of the recommendation. The next demand, Sir, is fur the responsibility of the ptihlic officers, and a mere intimate connection with the colonies of those persons composing the Legislative Council. Now, Si-, with respect to these subjects, ripen which unfortunately there had been the greatest difference of oeirion—between tire Government and the House of Assem i bly there rever has been any objection —any opposition to the terms of the resolution of the House of Assembly.—(lle.ir. ) It was d. t-rmined at once that the Judges should be told that they ought not to sit in the Legislative Council, with the exception of the Chief Justice, and a number of persons were appointed having no connection with the Crown, and giving a great majority in the Legis:ative Council to those who had no connexioe with the Government of - the country. There was liks wise an attempt to introduce a great numb.rof Fr, nch Canadi ns into the Council, by far the maj or ity o f new members being French Canadians. Sir, the House of Assembly might yet soy that these - were not persons agreeable to tht is own wishes ; but the question was, whether they were not indepen dent of office and of intimate connection r with the interests of the Canadians? If other persons could be could, from their station in the col any and their ind •pendence, eligible to those places, that - was a mott•r of deliberation and compromise, gnd not a matter on which the tranquillity of the Colony was to be disturhel—( Hear.) Thus I believe the matter stands at present, according to the last declaration Nof Lord Gosford, which has been npproved of by her Ma jesty's Government. Of forty Members of the Council ',not less than eighteen are French Canadians.--( Hear, hear.) Many of those of English origin ere not likely to attend *gain, having r, moved from the Colonies, and thus the great majority is on the side of the French Canod'ans, there being Only seven in official connection with- the Govesiiment.— r t Hear.) So fsr as the measures of 1827 are coacerned— so far as 11:e nature of the grievaeces, as they were called could be met—a remedy has been already applied. Another question referred to the property of the Jesuits, which it was said should have been appropriated for the general purposes of Education. That has also been done—the whole of that property has been already applied for the purposes of education, and the grievance was now containe.l in a subsequent Reso lution relative to the leasss, which had been given of this property to one p. rty in preference ta another. That was a grievance which, unless the whole administration of these estates was placed in the hands of the House of As sembly, to enable them to confer upon their friends and month. flees, it was impossible to concede.—( Hear.) Another ques tion referred to the Crown and Clergy reserves, but I would refer the House to the dispatch of Lord Ripon on that sill ject, which does the highest hor.our to - his whidem, and in which he declares himself ready to put an end to the former system. while at the same time Inc states that he is not• reey to ado: t the remedy suggested by the House of Asiern tly. The Noble Lord here read an extract from the dispatch of Leif Ripon up et this subject, in which he pointed out rensons f.r oiaenting from the House of As vaibly. Lord Ripen stated that it was Ids opinion en end ought irn medihtely to be put to the system of restrving I.7th of all waste lands for the benefit of the Prot-start clergy t.,f Canada ; and that in order to guard the Governor against even the slightest suspicien of partiality in the disposal of the lands, the utmost freedom of Lidding ought to be encouraged—the greats st publicity of the sales given, and on all occasions toe sale s ought to be effect d with the high, st bidder. Now, Sir. I ask (s i t Lord J. Russell) whether that proposition of Lord Ripon is not one more calculated for the benefit of the Pro.. wince —(Hear, heir,)—mute fair ie itself—less liable tunny suTieioa of partiality—les s liable to the charge that Government might derive any iidluence from the dis tarsal of those lands, than that which the Assembly had made; and whether for this grievance, a full and adequate remedy aas not rrovid •d. ? Sir, there was another grievance, as I have before stated —or rather, another dispute. It was a dispute with resect to the duties d er i ve d un d er t h e A ct of the 14th of George the Third. With respect to those duties it was urged, and lightly held, no doubt, by those who held the Government of this country,. that the law here bound the Treasury of that country. It was urged that the Act of 1778 and the Act of 1791 taken to gether made it fit thf,t those duties should be levied, and that the appropriation should be in the Colonial Assembly. The. Committee recommeed .d that that view should be adopted,. but they recommended that the appropriation should be applied to the salary of the Judges fuel the Officers. The Assembly did net agree to that; and what was the oen duct of this House? An Act was introduced in 1831, moved by Lord Ripon in the other House of Parliament,. which entirely repealed the power of appropriation in this country, and left it to the House of Assembly of Canada without stipulation, to dispose entirely of these duties. Could there lase been any remedy less hesitative— any remedy which showed a more generous confidence than the remedy which Lord Ripon proposed with re spect to that ?—( Cries of " Hear.") It has been urged and may be contended that the Government of that day went too far in making this concession. It may be said that it tars an incautious concession to the Assembly. But I think this would have been a ground of quarrel not sale to preceed upon ; for these questions of revenue, as salted in contrad'stinction to a House of Assembly are the most difficult to maintain ; therefore I consider the proposition of Lord Ripon to have been a wise as well as a generous proposition. But at the same time I think it might have been expected that this ounce lion Laving remedied this grievance in so full. and uncon , Lionel a wenna r there v. oultt have been a disposition manifested:on the p*.rt of the Ass, nobly of Loa er Canada to con sider the question of the remnining grievances in a coned story and 'amicable , spi it. So, 1 regret to say that such was not the case. In 1633 a Supply Lill was passed by the House of Assembly containing most unusual conditions, providing that the persons holding certain offices should not receive their salaries, unless they ceased to hold certain other offices. Now, these propositions may have been just, or they nay have lie•en unjust ie themselves : but the Bill was re - jected—and the Noble Lord opposite (Lord St:idea) then at the head of the Colonial Deportment, allowed that ground of objection—that these provisions were in the nature of ticks to a Money 13.11, and that the Bill could not be passed ia that sh lee. Sir, I think the Nubia Lord was right in allowing that objection.--(Hear, hear. ) But, Sir, the Supply Bill tavieg felled en that ground, •it 1834 the .Vsembly met again, aad adopted a new course, which has led to the present ditliaulties. I say it adopted a urta course, wldedi led to the present beccuse with respect to all they had before st.tied—with respect to the inv: s. tigation of the Committee of 1828, which, as V,ey declercd, had given their report as an ilopesishable monument of WIS. dom ari d aju s tic,....._ e ,ith respect to their own statements, every , grievance had been met, had been fairly cens'dered, and had oeen adequately removed. NVell, then, Sir, what etas the re sult of .11 this ? Comentment, and the setisfactiou of the voting ef supplies, and a more liarnienieus working of the Cons itution ? Quite the reverse. The course taken by the Canadian Assembly was to pass 92 resolutions, solar of grievance, some of eulogy, somt of v:tup, ration, some directed against individuals, sonic against the Governor, some against the G oerrnnent at boat;, but ;11l in effect amounting to a lend end vehement remonstrance; and in framing this ae monstrance they passed the whole Session, and separated with out passieg any Supply Hill whatever. Those also hal appeared before the Cenneittee, as the able interpreters on their AT its and as irk: s at this time, deserted the pro=s cut ion s of their grievances. These wino were known to have been most familiar ati h the history of Canadian affairs, who had s.atrd their grievances in the most favourable manner, when they sa.v the object was to pot a stop to the Government, and mike impracticable condidens, they at once withdrew frcut the contest., aid si•acated themselves from this violeut ! arty.. Arid, Sir, omen thi, occasion, let me call the attention of the 'louse to the benefit which is to be desived in these contests in g4ine a ran sely to every gr7cvance. There are some who, prompted by national pride, or a mistaken sense of honour, say ti•at •' the petition is couched ins unseemly or disrespectful langterge"—or that " the petition is pushed too far—let es net listen to it." Sir, the duty atlas House, and of those who have the administration of atrairs, is to examine into every real gr iev anee ; to remedy every real grievance; and then although there may be per.ons who fur a Vine may be ready to lead the people forward, vou msy be sure that those who were sincere and honest in their complaints—that those who sought nut indivi dual aggraidisement. hut the AA Clrilro of the country to which they belonged—that they will then Stand forward is resistance to those